1979 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 2, 1978

  Dave Roberts granted Free Agency.

• December 9, 1978

  Signed Carmelo Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• December 14, 1978

  Traded Rodney Scott and Jerry White to the Montreal Expos. Received Sam Mejías.

• January 20, 1979

  Signed Steve Waterbury as a free agent.

• February 23, 1979

  Traded Greg Gross, Dave Rader and Manny Trillo to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Henry Mack (minors), Derek Botelho, Barry Foote, Jerry Martin and Ted Sizemore.

• March 20, 1979

  Traded Larry Cox to the Seattle Mariners. Received Luis Delgado.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Steve Dillard. The Chicago Cubs sent Ed Putman (March 24, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• March 28, 1979

  Released Mike Sember.

• March 30, 1979

  Signed Jim Willoughby as a free agent.

• May 3, 1979

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Doug Capilla. The Chicago Cubs sent Mark Gilbert (October 12, 1979) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• May 11, 1979

  Released Gene Clines.

• May 23, 1979

  Traded Ray Burris to the New York Yankees. Received Dick Tidrow.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Scott Fletcher in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 6, 1979.

  Drafted Jon Perlman in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Chuck Crim in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dave Owen in the 10th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1979.

  Drafted Ray Soff in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Grant in the 16th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1979.

  Drafted Bryan Oelkers in the 20th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Huismann in the 23rd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Steve Ziem in the 29th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 26, 1979

  Traded Bobby Murcer to the New York Yankees. Received Paul Semall (minors).

• June 28, 1979

  Purchased Ken Henderson from the Cincinnati Reds.

• July 4, 1979

  Purchased Miguel Diloné from the Oakland Athletics.

  Sam Mejías player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• August 17, 1979

  Traded Ted Sizemore to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike O'Berry (October 23, 1979) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• August 30, 1979

  Purchased Bruce Kimm from the Detroit Tigers.

• October 3, 1979

  Released Ken Holtzman.

• October 17, 1979

  Traded Donnie Moore to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Tyson.

• December 3, 1979

  Bruce Kimm drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Tom Henke in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Eppard in the 11th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 5, 1980

  Released Derek Botelho.

• April 1, 1980

  Purchased Lenny Randle from the Seattle Mariners.